Medicine for the Mind

I want to start this out by saying that the thoughts and opinions in this book are my own and have been influenced from many sources; books, media, movies, personal intuition, and much more make up this short piece of work.

In order to understand a little bit about where my point of view is coming from you must first understand some of the basic principles of western vs. eastern medicine and ways of healing.

In western medicine we treat the body in terms of something is broken and needs fixed. In eastern medicine we treat the body as a whole source of energy and parts of it being out of balance. If you give some general thought to the way both of those are described, of course, in the most basic of ways; What one makes the most sense?

Think about your emotions for instance. When you get angry or excited about something they are both extreme opposites of balance. When you feel centered and grounded you are just calm and content. You just are.

Western medicine tends to medicate a problem instead of really focusing on fixing that problem. They teach you to deal with a disease instead of correcting it. I'm a firm believer that almost every common problem the body has is caused by us and the effects we allow stress to have on our body. Your frame of mind is very key here. Most common things can be cured with the power of your mind. If you believe it, it will happen.

Now... using that frame of mind think about your life right now. Do you really think the reason you are here is to have a good job, make babies and buy things you want? Maybe those are just material medicine that medicates us from the true cure (reason we are here).

I would say there is a reason that more and more people are starting to question their faith and seperate from the herd to look for truth. I don't doubt that there is some truth to some all religions... but I feel that we aren't seeing it for what it really is. There is a deeper translation behind life.

Posted by Justin